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April 20, 2007
At the Movies: Buddy-cop send-up genuinely smart and silly
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
AP Movie Writer
With “Hot Fuzz,” Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg do for buddy-cop action tales what they did for zombie flicks on “Shaun of the Dead”: Present a nice homage while tweaking the conventions and making jolly good fun of the genre's cliches.
| HOT FUZZ |
 Director: Edgar Wright Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, Paul Freeman, Edward Woodward Rating: R for violent content including some graphic images, and language Running time: 121 minutes |
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